Ectoparasites of Ring-necked Pheasants in Nebraska

Authors

William R. Payne, Nebraska Wesleyan University
David W. Oates, Nebraska Game and Parks Commission
Glen E. Dappen, Nebraska Wesleyan University

Document Type

Article

Date of this Version

1990

Comments

Published in Journal of Wildlife Diseases, 26(3), 1990, pp. 407-409. Copyright © Wildlife Disease Association 1990. Used by permission.

Abstract

In 1971, 1983 and 1984, ectoparasites were identified on 61 ring-necked pheasants (Phasianus colchicus) from Nebraska. Birds were collected throughout the state from 11 of 93 counties. Four species of chewing lice (Mallophaga) were collected: Lipeurus maculosus, Goniodes colchici, Lagopoecus coichicus and Amyrsidea megalosoma. One species of analgid mite, Megninia sp. was collected. Apparently, this species is new and undescribed. The four mallophagan species have not been reported from Nebraska.